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At first, Burlington wouldn’t let wheelchair-bound man fit his home for accessibility
By Michael Bielawski
One of the victims of a triple shooting that occurred last year during the height of tensions during the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in the Middle East had to deal with a rejection – at least initially – by the city for handicapped access modifications for his home.
A story appearing on Reddit from June 13 talks about the Burlington Development Review Board’s meeting for May 7. It states that one of the topics “was the Department of Permitting and Inspections denying a setback variance that would allow Hisham Awartani [the shooting victim] to temporarily install a wheelpad, modular handicap accessible bedroom and bathroom unit and ramp on the side of his home.”
Awartani was one of three shooting victims from the highly publicized triple shooting occurring last fall. He was paralyzed from his injuries.
In the comments section on the story, it is clarified that “this was overturned on May 9th … the owner did speak about getting approved at the Ward 1 NPA.” The minutes do indicate that the denial was ultimately overtuned.
The notion of administrative and bureaucratic hurdles slowing down or prohibiting access to needed infrastructure changes for a handicapped person is not a new notion in America.
According to an American Progress report, “For disabled people in America, barriers to critical, lifesaving safety net programs are too often a part of everyday life. These barriers, known as ‘administrative burdens,’ are roughly defined as any challenge that makes it difficult for someone to access or maintain assistance for which they otherwise qualify.2 Administrative burdens cause real, lasting harm to huge swaths of disabled Americans, making it difficult for them to navigate a system that is supposed to help them cover basic necessities such as food, housing, and medical treatments.”
Public is upset
Folks in the community were not impressed that the local and high profile victim had to push through these hurdles.
“Burlington loves to talk about how inclusive it is, but ignore all the issues it creates for the disabled community,” wrote PronglesDude on Reddit in response to the news.
Another, TrashMoneyXYZ, seems convinced that the Queen City in general is failing handicapped people. He wrote in the same comments section that, “Of people in wheelchairs and mobility scooters driving in the street because the sidewalks are in such bad shape or too narrow and blocked off by people’s huge/large parked cars.
He continued that this forces handicapped people into more difficult situations. He wrote, “So they go into the roadways when there’s no bike lane to go into instead. I’ve also seen a couple people in wheelchairs get stuck in snow or ice patches because the paths aren’t properly maintained.”
Rocked the newswaves
The shooting in Burlington made international headlines during the Middle-East conflict which continues to fill headlines today.
NYMag covered the story when it broke. “Police in Burlington, Vermont, have arrested a suspect in the shooting of three Palestinian men on Saturday night, which state and federal authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime. All three victims are expected to survive, though one is seriously injured.”
Shooter may have been Palestinian supporter
There was contention over whether the shooter, who was found to be 48-year-old Jason Eaton, who lived just near where the shooting took place, in fact could be charged with a hate crime. It was eventually determined that he could not be. After examinations of his social media posts were looked at, it was eventually determined that Easton did not fit the profile to be charged with a hate crime.
According to a Seven Days report, Eaton may have been a Palestinian sympathizer, further eliminating the notion of it being a hate-crime as the victims were alleged to have been wearing clothing of Palestinian nature at the time of the shooting.
The story found at least one X post that outright expressed sympathy for the Palestinian cause. The report states that Eaton wrote, “the notion that Hamas is ‘evil’ for defending their state from occupation is absurd. They are owed a state. Pay up.”
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Canada ia also rejecting requests for wheelchair ramps. The government recommended MAID instead.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2107005/watch-former-paralympian-claims-canada-offered-assisted-death-after-requesting-ramp/
Several decades ago, we as a society decided that it violated the civil rights of people afflicted with some levels of mental illness to have them confined to prevent them from harming others. There was a price to be paid for that decision and sometimes individuals get harmed. Not saying the decision was wrong, just that we have to be prepared to pay the price and realize that some will pay more than others.
So true. So sad.
And in this case, the divisive handiwork of the State itself was partly responsible in this young man paying for an entire lifetime.
Vermont often seems possessed now, if a locale can even be such. It’s as if this dark cloud hovers over Montpelier, spreads across the cities, towns, and valleys below and tries to hurt or harm as many as possible as it descends, just as the entire state does, into an abyss of abject stupidity, boundless contortions, and complete lack of compassion and understanding for what true humane acts actually are. God help us.
What you say is true.
Who you asked is the answer.
We are filled with hubris/pride to the point of being narcissistic, many are elevated within the government with these attributes.
“I’m right about everything”,
“I am the center of everything.”,
“I have all the power, make all the rules, have the money.”….
Essentially, they see themselves as gods, the ultimate demise of being filled with pride, it was the downfall of the arch angel and is continually the downfall of many men, women and countries. Some indications of pride are arguing and fighting, our state is full of that. Our spirits have been massively tricked by deceivers, by those who are intent on division and destruction of families, business, neighbors and our little republic. Thank fully this spirit over Vermont originates from an epic group of losers, to which we should inherently have some compassion toward, as many of us were caught up in deception for years.
We can easily change, Lord willing. We need to become humble, we only need to embrace the truth, love our neighbors and our enemies. Forgive and heal…..
There are no laws against, Love, Joy and Peace.
Kind, soft words break bones.
A true Alpha does not have to show his strength by crushing, but by having the capacity for patience, forgiveness and gentleness. TGBTG
Maybe the social justice warriors will come to terms now that the system is broken and the system doesn’t care about their feelings, their medical issues, their housing issues, their quality of life issues. Their usefulness is no longer necessary if they can’t tow the line. Perhaps that is why the military draft was approved recently – which will be equitable and all inclusive…ready to do some real battle in lands far away from home? Uncle Creepy Biden and military industrial complex needs your flesh vessel to fight “climate” change in a war theater with real bullets and real bombs.
There was a great interview on Tucker with Neil Oliver, where Neil thinks they won’t have cajónes to take the drastic steps needed to carry out their plan. Historically and Biblically, this will prove to be a wrong assessment, they are fools (old school term), in today’s vernacular they are narcissists, to the degree that they can’t possibly conceive of the idea they may be wrong. Add in a bit of path people mentality, sociopath, psychopath which are also prevalent, and you have a bit of witch’s brew so to speak.
Here’s a link to the interview. This has been going on since time began. There was light shed around 33bc to 300bc….they’ve been trying to put that “Jeanie” back in the bottle ever since.
Those of a Roman mentality, I’m God, enslaving a 1/3 of the world, controlling all the world, are still around. However, God’s people are not getting smaller. Should we go back to our roots of a first century church, the transformation, the power of the Holy Spirit will not be contained or squelched. A revelation, a revival of changed hearts and minds can happen quickly as evidenced in El Salvador, they slipped through the cracks because they were small, heavily versed in God’s wisdom, 33% protestant.
We are small, perhaps lacking a bit in wisdom, but this can easily be remedied, just as was done in the first century church, were in a short time 40% of the roman population began following Christ, no books, no easy transportation, to internet, no way to easily disseminate the letters to which most of the population was illiterate.
Think of what the Holy Spirit could do in these times?
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-neil-oliver?utm_campaign=20240620_june20dailybriefsubs&utm_medium=email&utm_source=iterable&utm_content=neiloliver
Exactly, Biden wants to keep the money from taxpayers to his corrupt Ukraine friend so joe can keep his family on the gravy train.
The future is not female. The future is Karen. (Lost and lonely women longing for harems.)
And that sums up what all of ya’s said above.
Beware, they will go to the bitter end, and that’s why we must oblige them eventually with the same barbaric energy in-kind on that day.
They love chaos. We’ll need to be ready to give it to them.
PS – The Islamic male can possibly be of assistance to us. We need to bring this back to gender roles, no offense to smart and capable women… but the grand majority of them in positions of administration are not even minutely capable of anything but disaster. They will lie down and open their legs to the barbaric.
Pick your sides. Are the Karens worth protecting?
Sorry to sound like that, but reality knocks. And you know they always let out the thugs while they are in charge of the courts. Change my mind…